There’s loads of curious timing in Samia‘s Tiny Desk debut. For starters, this was the ultimate Tiny Desk live performance produced by Bob Boilen — he got here in for one final Monday to accommodate the efficiency — which meant the singer-songwriter needed to endure the reluctant tributes paid to Bob as she waited patiently to carry out. Then there’s the timing of Samia’s music choice: All 5 of those tracks appeared on her terrific debut album (2020’s The Child) and never this 12 months’s equally magnificent Honey. Which is saying nothing of the truth that Samia is actress Kathy Najimy’s daughter, but we opted to run this efficiency a full week after the conclusion of Hocus Pocus Season! What have been we pondering?
Luckily, Samia’s set however gives a shocking showcase for her charisma, vocal expertise and deftly detailed lyricism. She possesses a outstanding knack for specificity in her songwriting, which finds her name-dropping her favourite bands, recounting conversations in devastating element and even shining a lightweight on songwriting itself. (“I solely write songs about issues that I am terrified of,” she sings in “Is There One thing within the Motion pictures?” earlier than including, “So right here, now you are deathless in artwork.”)
Benefiting from the Tiny Desk’s quietude, Samia and her band selected to deal with the extra subdued aspect of their sound, even deploying the pattern of her grandmother that opens “Pool.” Because of this, it is simpler and extra rewarding than ever to hold on her each phrase.
SET LIST
- “Is There One thing within the Motion pictures?”
- “Large Wheel”
- “Winnebago”
- “Triptych”
- “Pool”
MUSICIANS
- Samia: vocals
- Sam Calvo Rosenstone: keyboards
- Boone Wallace: guitar
- Ned Steves: bass
- Noah Rauchwerk (Wormy): drums
- Alycia Lang: background vocals
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Bob Boilen
- Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
- Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
- Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Kara Body, Maia Stern
- Sequence Producer: Bobby Carter
- Audio Assistant: Hannah Gluvna
- Manufacturing Assistant: Ashley Pointer
- Photographer: Michael Zamora
- Tiny Desk Staff: Suraya Mohamed, Hazel Cills
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
- Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
